Taiwan uses cloud seeding to fight drought

As an incoming weather front swooped in, bringing showers throughout Taiwan on Saturday, the country's authorities used devices to seed clouds over reservoirs in Taoyuan, Hsinchu and Miaoli counties, hoping that the operation will bring more rain and alleviate the drought.

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